Just saying it here I personally don’t mind QRTs on my work at all. I’ve always seen it as more of a “person takes my work and shows it to their friends or social circle expressing how cool they think it is” than a “person taking attention away from me”.

You can still retweet normally, just leave the text box blank. It’s not that terrible of an inconvenience, just takes a moment of getting used to.

Twitter isn’t “screwing over artists”. It just inconveniences us because Twitter isn’t and wasn’t ever designed for our benefit.

Also, don& #39;t underestimate the effect that a verbal endorsement from a larger creator can have versus a plain retweet. I have done both and I do pay attention to the difference my interaction makes, and RTs are extremely hit and miss in my experience while QRTs almost always help.

Also, like, shit guys we& #39;re still all people on here, you realize that right? Marketing is about so much more than optimizing your battle against an invisible robot monster and plain numbers. It& #39;s understanding people and how you make them feel. That& #39;s a FAR bigger part of it.

Obviously not talking about bots, you get what I& #39;m saying. Marketing is understanding human behavior and emotion more than anything. It& #39;s understanding how to create and foster connection with your work and your brand. Bashing people for using QRTs is utterly counterproductive.